Example sentences of "[vb past] me for [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | You asked me for that ? |
| 2 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 4 | They asked me for more money . |
| 5 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 7 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 8 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 9 | ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’ |
| 10 | He hated me for that . |
| 11 | She blamed me for that . |
| 12 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 13 | ‘ You and your bloody mates fingered me for those three other burglaries . |
| 14 | Fingered me for those burglaries . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 16 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 17 | You despised me for that and finally told me you hated me . |
| 18 | That 's why he left me for some other woman — one who did n't booze and do embarrassing things , or get moody , or stupid , or passionate . ’ |
| 19 | I think it 's important to understand that all my work is about demystification — both of the self and of the medical and family discourses which defined me for much of my life . |